SHOHOLA TWP. - Two people are dead after a one-car crash in Pike County on Monday morning, Shohola Twp. police said.

Alexander Protosow, 89, and Louise Protosow, 83, both of Hauppauge, N.Y., were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened at about 11:40 a.m. on Route 6 in Shohola Twp., police said.

Mr. and Mrs. Protosow were back-seat passengers in a vehicle driven by 81-year-old Joseph Wallmann of Centerport, N.Y. He lost control on the icy road, and the vehicle slid down an embankment, police said. Mr. Wallmann and another passenger Jean Wallmann, 81, suffered minor injuries.

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